Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37,018, Josiah Goddard, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass
★ Goddard, Josiah
NUMBER
8.37.018
CONTENTS

37 018 Rev INVALID. Rev
File No. 37,018
Josiah Goddard Rev Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 377
[Arrangement of 1870.]

6724 / 4
Maine.
Josiah Goddard.
Private.
Sept 20 1777 to Sept 15 1780.
Capt Walcott
Mass ts Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of
Maine
at the rate of
8
Dollars per month, to commence on
the 1st of
April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th of Jan y 1819 and sent to Gen l Bailey Esq r
Wiscasset, Lincoln.
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818. Since \frac{4}{30} th 41. 00
Semi-annual all'ees ending March 1819 48.
$ 89.00
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 15th March, 1818. }
Wiscasset, Lincoln, Contine
Maine.
5 July 1820
Wiscasset sent to Josiah Bailey Esq r H ts
Maine

Isiah Goddard Private Marshall's Mass Regt Sept 20 th 1777 to Dec 15 th 1780.
admitted
April 1 st 1818

State of Massachusetts
I Josiah Goddard a Citizen of the United States, now resident at Wiscasset in the County of Lincoln in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, on or about the 9 th of September 1777
I entered and was engaged in the land - service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to the fall of the year 1780 (I think in the month of October), being three years, & being the time for which I enlisted
as a private soldier - against the common enemy, without any interruption or absence: that I belonged to Capt. Walcutts Company, Col. Mershalls Regiment, Massachusetts line - the 15 th Regiment I think -
and that I left the service in the fall of the year 1780 (I think in October) in New Jersey where I received a regular discharge, which I have lost and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of fifty five years, during said time I was often drafted into the Light Infantry, but still retained my standing in said Company.
And I hereby relinquish all claims to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed.
Josiah Goddard
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Lincoln ss. BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this first day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen Pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me Jeremiah Bailey, Judge of the Court of Probate within & for the County of Lincoln, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the same being a Court of record of said County the abovenamed Josiah Goddard - and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence; and, on examination duly made by me the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true.
Jer. Bailey
I John H. Sheppard Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Lincoln, hereby certify that the aforesaid Jeremiah Bailey is Judge of said Court of Probate above named & that

his signature to this caption is genuine & that the seal afore- said is the seal of said Court.
John H. Shepard

52. Josiah Goddard
(6724)
March 1819.
Baily

STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at Wiscasset, within and for the County of Lincoln, on the third Tuesday, being the twentieth day of June, and by adjournment from day to day, on the twenty first day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable JOSIAH STEBBINS & EBENEZER THATCHER , Judges of said Court.
ON this twenty first day of June in the year 1820, personally appeared in open Court
the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Circuit, Josiah Goddard aged fifty eight years, resident in Woolwich in said Circuit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private in the company commanded by Capt. Walcott in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Marshall in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the first day of April A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 6724 was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Josiah Goddard
Sworn to and dictated, on the 21 st day of June A. D. 1820.
BEFORE
Ebenezer Thatcher
{ One of the Judges of the said Court.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
Real estate - none
Personal - none
No income except my pension & I depend upon that for support. Josiah Goddard
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Josiah Goddard who, by occupation am a laborer which I am not able to pursue by reason of infirmity and debility
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.      I have no wife or family  Josiah Goddard  Attest Natl Coffin cler   
STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.
I, NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit, within the county of Lincoln, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court ; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is nothing  dollars and cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty first day of June A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Nat. Coffin
{ Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of Lincoln.